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new developments at the federal courthouse in d.c. today. a battle between donald trump's legal team and his special counsel investigating the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. our teams are onsite for the very latest. and he's back apparently. the man who led an armed mutiny through the streets of russia is spotted inside russia for the first time since that brief uprising. vladimir putin not known for his forgiving side. so why is yevgeny prigozhin going so public? plus, the nation's largest power grid declaring an emergency alert as the nation swelters under a heat wave. what that means for more than 65 million people relying on the company to keep them cool. we're following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to "cnn news central."

>> just a short time ago, donald trump's attorneys wrapped up a meeting face to face with special counsel jack smith. sources tell cnn donald trump's lawyers hoped the sitdown could delay a potential indictment in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we are told they got no information on timing. the stakes couldn't be higher. the federal grand jury in that case is gathered for the first time since last week. cnn's reporter is outside the courthouse. so what did trump's lawyers go into this meeting hoping to get? and what did they leave with? >> reporter: at the very least, they were hoping for some sort of delay to put things on hold as they've been trying to do in a lot of different avenues as the special counsel has been investigating donald trump and bringing cases against him. but in this circumstance, they left that meeting this morning

with no indication of timing or even if it were a certainty at this point that an indictment would be handed up by the grand jury against donald trump. now, to step back a second though, it is very likely donald trump is going to be charged for his activity, perhaps some of the things he was saying, what he was doing after the 2020 election as he was trying to undermine the vote that he lost in battleground states and also disrupt congress from certifying joe biden as the next president. we don't really know exactly how the next couple hours or even days, weeks will be playing out with that. that's because this grand jury has been at work for a very long time. special counsel jack smith was appointed last november and then they have heard from lots of witnesses. they've been meeting regularly on tuesdays and thursdays here at the federal courthouse. some of the witnesses are so high profile, it includes people

like former vice president mike pence testifying specifically about his conversations with donald trump with other things that he was witnessing up to and even on january 6th. and then in the last week or so, we have really been at the end game here. july 16th is the day that donald trump received the target letter saying he is likely to be charged in this case. last week the grand jury was in twice hearing from witnesses, even bringing back a witness they had heard from before. now after taking a day off, the grand jury has convened again. prosecutors, as that meeting appeared to be wrapping one the special counsel's office, and trump's lawyers, prosecutors started to come to the courthouse. the grand jury, they're done with their lunch break already. they even had lunch early today. now we are watching to see if any other activity emerges from the courthouse. and if an indictment is presented to them and goes through the approval process before a federal judge. >> it's important to state the

facts as you just did. he lost the election and then attempted to overturn it based on false claims of fraud. why might his lawyers hold this meeting now? >> reporter: a couple different reasons. one, they're given the opportunity to. this is the sort of thing, the sort of meeting that happens after a defendant or a potential defendant gets a target letter indicating they're likely to be charged. and defense lawyers often want to take the opportunity to make their case to the justice department and say, we're going to fight you to trial and these are the sorts of thing we want to fight on. in this situation, this january 6th investigation, this is a very different case than even the two cases where donald trump has been charged criminally in new york state and in florida federally. because he was president at the time. there are all kinds of issues the court may need to deal with.

and he was also receiving conversations and advice from lawyers who he had employed. so all of that could be something that they're talking about as well as what i mentioned before, that request to potentially delay things, or at least the trump lawyers want to try to delay things. >> history may be made in those walls behind you. i go to kristin holmes now outside the golf club. trump was initially opposed to having this meeting, based in part on his belief that it would happen anyway. why the change? why did he send his lawyers in today? >> reporter: well, as she outlined, given the opportunity, the lawyers thought this would be the best thing for them to do. i am told this meeting lasted about an hour. as she said, they came out without any indication or notification of when or if an indictment would come. that is notable. trump's team has been saying

that they believe trump will be indicted in the case since he received the target letter, and shortly before, after really changing their minds, days, months of this investigation. at one point they told me they believed he would be an unindicted co-conspirator. at one point they said they didn't think he would be charged at all. they decided to reach out for a meeting with jack smith and i am told they had certain questions, which they did not get into with me. sources did not get into with me that they wanted to present to jack submitted and his team to try to get some answers. right now his team is just waiting. they are also trying to read the tea leaves. trying to read what's going on between the lines of the various reports. as to timing. if it will happen today or not. i've spoken to a number of people, all of whom are close to donald trump, all of whom believe he will inevitably be indicted. the range of the timing is all over the map which gives you an indication of where they are. they are grasping at straws, trying to figure out what comes

next. >> well, thank you so much. boris, we've covered a lot of news worthy days. >> a potential third indictment for donald trump. this is significant because it could be for trying to overturn the 2020 election. thank you for sharing your day with us. donald trump's legal team is apparently in that meeting trying to delay the special counsel from an indictment. first and foremost, it speaks to, they believe an indictment is coming. it seems imminent. >> i would speck that. we have been told, and i believe donald trump has admitted that he's received a target letter. if he's received a target letter, that means he'll be indicted. the meaning of that is that the doj, the prosecutor has made a determination that they are likely to indict you. and i will say in my career,

when i was a prosecutor for over a decade, i never sent a target letter out without an indictment. the defense will try to shape that indictment. to narrow it. and ias you mentioned, try the delay it. and it is customary for the defense to take this opportunity, generally they always take this opportunity and it does present a small amount of delay. i would say an indictment is coming very, very soon even if it doesn't happen today. >> so what would be the benefit of delaying? we can speculate about the politics of it and a potential debate in the next few weeks. from a legal perspective, what would be the benefit of a delayed indictment? >> well, a few things. first of all, one benefit is just that it pushes the prosecution back a few weeks. it gives the defense more time to prepare. in this conversation, they may learn some things about the

indictment. about what the theories are. they can start preparing for those. it also generally, for most clients, it helps them get themselves prepared for the logistics of dealing with an indictment which is not a fun experience. a very difficult experience. for trump, there is something bigger which looms, which is that the election is coming up. his main strategy is going to be to try to run out the clock. get re-elected president and appoint someone who will cross these investigations. >> also significant, the fact that the special counsel himself, jack smith, was in this meeting. what is in it for prosecutors? what do they get with sitting down with the defense team? >> a couple things. one thing they'll learn is, what the defense's arguments are in advance. so i loved these meetings.

to have someone there taking very careful notes. and i learned what their spin would be, what evidence they thought was important. and usually, i would try to deal with some of their concerns at the very least. but it's also, in most cases, i think here there's been so much consideration, i doubt there would be a change of heart. often these can generate some sort of plea negotiations or some sort of an agreement of sorts. i don't think that will happen here given who trump is and how all of this has played out. but there are fairness reasons why prosecutors also engage in this sort of exercise. >> as you are speaking, we're getting word that donald trump has posted on social media saying that his attorneys had a productive meeting with the special counsel. obviously, no announcement at this point that he's officially been indicted. part of the conversation in that meeting was about logistics,

according to our reporting. if there is an indictment, when it comes down, what does it look like? we saw how it went down in manhattan, in miami. how do you envision something like that going down here in the nation's capital? >> that's a great question, boris. especially since the conduct at issue involved a riot, an insurrection, an attack on the capitol that was incited by donald trump. he certainly played a role in inciting it. so of course, there will be concerns about security, logistics, booking, for example. there were questions about whether there would be a booking photo and how that would be handled. so there are no questions that there are issues in this case, that there aren't in the typical case. so if that's the case. this was primarily a convsation about logistics, about the details, we could see an indictment sooner rather than ter, maybe even today.

because the discussion wasn't the typical discussion. >> hold that thought for a moment. we have the post herfrom donald trump on truth cial. he writes, my attorneys had a productive meeting with the doj this morning, explaining in detail that i did nothing wrong, was advised by many lawyers, and that an indictment of me would only further destroy our country. no indication of notice was given during the meeting. do not trust the fake news on anything. okay. what do you make of this statement coming from the former president saying that he has spoken to many lawyers, that he did nothing wrong, arguing an indictment would only go further in destroying our country. how does that shape a prosecution? >> a couple things. one thing, it doesn't shape the defense. i have to think that trump's lawyers know, no matter what they tell him, he will give a version of that on truth social.

so one thing that i suspect is that what we're getting is a reflection of some of the thing his lawyers told him. from a prosecution's perspective, they have to be concerned that trump's strategy will be to try to hang the jury by shaping public opinion against the prosecution and potentially, they have to be concerned about violence, about another attempt to incite people, whether to attack the courthouse or congress or something else. they have to at least be concerned about that. and i think there are certainly security measures that are going to be in place, that will try to ensure that. i suspect that won't happen. it didn't happen in manhattan when trump encouraged people to come protest. there wasn't much of a turnout. >> obviously, security will be top of mind in the nation's capital. you noticed it wasthat.

>> we will continue to stand by. we are following two major developments in russia and its ongoing war on ukraine. yevgeny prigozhin has been spotted in russia for the first time since his wagner fighters launched a failed mutiny last month. maybe more surprising, he was spotted in the same russian city as vladimir putin at the time. of course, the target of that armed rebel beyond. we'll have more only in a moment. at the same time, ukraine says it is ramping up the counteroffensive after months. slow progress. one u.s. official said ukraine is committing the main bulk of its forces to that assault. nic robertson is in london. president zelenskyy said the reason it was proceeding slowly was that western weapons had taken some time to arrive. now they're making a larger

push. what did putin have to say? >> reporter: yeah. putin is playing down the gains that ukraine seems to be making along that southern front. the important front that would push toward the azov sea and cut off crimea from russia. putin is saying, look, ukraine definitely intensifying the fight. for sure that's happening. but they put 50 vehicles into the fight and we flocked out 26 tanks and 13 armored fighting vehicles. and we inflicted 200 casualties on them. deaths on the ukrainian forces. he said our forces fought heroically and we suffered only 1/10 the number of casualties. that doesn't even stack up with what some of his field commanders and the russian forces are saying. they're saying the ukrainians put in the 100 fighting vehicles. the ukrainians have committed a lot of their additional resources to that front line and

one russian commander said they lost one of their villages close to the front line. so the russians on that front line appear to be on the back foot. of course, putin has his own propaganda pushing him. >> and we know putin has lied repeatedly. one of the reasons for the rebellion that was cited in advance was the russian mismanagement of the war. so prigozhin, he took a shot at the king, in effect. he's still walking around right now. and in the same city as putin? how did this happen? >> reporter: it's hard to know. we never really know what kind of deal prigozhin worked out with putin. you know, the director of cia said prigozhin is in belarus but he's been able to travel back to russia. here he is in russia. i think the currency that prigozhin has is that he was the wagner mercenary boss in africa

and the central african republic, mali, mozambique, libya, these countries, where he was providing wagner mercenaries and the leaders of those countries were providing in gold, diamonds, mineral access, all stuff the kremlin wanted. prigozhin was the off the books enforcer overseas for the kremlin. for putin. so that is his currency. and prigozhin said, wagner in africa is still working. we're still going to support our clients there as long as we don't cross over russia's entrance. it seems he still has in that context some breathing room. let's see how long that lasts. >> the important point to make is that wagner is around the world. thanks so much. boris? one day after mitch mcconnell froze during a press

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that he was fine. today he's showing no signs of slowing down on his schedule, giving an expected speech this morning on the senate floor. here's a look. >> almost two years ago, the united states took an important step toward deeper cooperation with two of our closest friends. australia and the united kingdom. the agreement promises to equip our australian allies with cutting edge u.s. attack submarines. >> cnn has learned that he has fallen multiple time this year. that's two more instances than a fall that was reported last march in which he fractured a rib and hit his head, suffering a concussion. let's go to manu raju. you spoke with the number two

senator, john thune. what did he say? >> he was very cautious about it as a number of senators have been today about whether they still support mitch mcconnell. whether he should continue to run the conference. he's the longest serving in history. and whether they should do it in the new congress. that last part, that is still a question that republican senators simply do not want to touch. a bit of a change from in the past when republicans would reflexively say they would get behind mcconnell if he wanted to run again. this time a lot of them are much more cautious. also, senators are indicating they want more information about senator mcconnell. that's what kevin kramer said moments ago. that he hopes for more trans partisancy. >> once you become a leader, your concern is with other constituents. in his case, 48 of his closest friends. so that probably does call for a little more, i should say, call for more transparency.

>> he should tell us if something bigger is going on and whatever he tells me, i'll trust to be true. >> do you think senator mcconnell should run for leader in the new congress? >> well, the new congress is 18 months away. i'm trying to figure out how we get this authorization bill off the floor today. >> and thune is seen as one of the potential successors for senator mcconnell if and when the leadership vacancy does happen. the question is whether he will serve out his term which expires in 2026. so i've asked him this question in the past. he has not wanted to discuss that at this moment. still some questions about that. it says we learned there have been more incidents that the 81-year-old has fallen, including ones in february in helsinki and a meeting with the

finnish president. he fell as he was walking toward that meeting. he got up. he was fine. he also fell earlier this month at reagan national airport. he was fine. he got up and went back to the capitol. not as much as the one in march when he suffered a concussion. the question is whether lingering effects of the concussion were the reason he had that moment on the floor yesterday. i asked if there was any connection to that fall interesting concussion, to go why he froze? he said i'm fine. >> we hope that's the case though questions linger about his future in leadership going forward. thank you so much. let's turn to c infer n medical analyst, doctor, thank you for being with us. what factors could contribute to someone freezing up the way mcconnell did in the middle of a sentence? >> there are a number of thing we have to consider, including could he have had a seizure?

usually you think of seizures as the whole body shaking. but also, you could have seizures where somebody just stares into space and freezes for a period of time. you have to be really concerned about, could this be a stroke? and i thought, boris, what was the most remarkable about yesterday's episode was the fact that senator mcconnell decided to go back to the press conference. what i mean is, if it is the first time that something like this happens, and somebody couldn't speak, or looked like they couldn't speak or couldn't move for 20 some seconds, usually they would be extremely concerned and they might come to the emergency room. in the e.r., we would treat this very seriously and have to think about ruling out stroke. that patient would go to have a ct scan, an mri. why would someone not seek immediate attention? one reason might be that they have had this happen in the past and have had a work-up in the past and of a known diagnosis. i don't know if this is the case with senator mcconnell but that could explain why he did not

seek immediate medical attention. if there is some type of known diagnosis, something that has happened in the past that has triggered a fuller medical work-up before. >> does it concern you less in terms of a potential medical situation because he was able to return to the lectern and continue talking and answering questions and seemingly able to walk away and walk back of his own volition? >> in some ways, definitely. if someone has a full-blown stroke, at the would not recover so quickly. usually, they would lose control of their ability to speak. they might be weak on one side of the body or another and they would continue to have these symptoms. so it does not appear that he had a full-blown stroke. could he have had a temporary stroke, a mini stroke called a t.i.a. if this is something that has happened in the past, maybe he's gotten light-headed and had a

basal episode or a history of seizures, speculating here, if this is something that has happened before, then i could imagine that's why he would not get immediate medical attention. this is a known diagnosis. >> the senator says he is fine. we'll take him at his word and hope that is the case. we appreciate you sharing your expertise. >> the nba superstar lebron james just gave an update on his son bronnie. you'll remember he sfed cardiac arrest while practicing with the basketball team. lebron said i want to thank the countless people sending lov and prayers. we feel you and i'm so grateful. everyone doing great. we have our family together safe and healthy and we feel your love. we'll have more to say when we're ready but i wanted to tell everybody how much your support has meant to all of us. continuing the story on tuesday, the family said bronnie is now

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the hottest average temperatures in human history. that is how experts are describing new data showing that july will be the planet's hottest month ever recorded. right now, nearly half the u.s. population is under a heat alert. impacting 150 million americans in more than 30 states, all the way from maine to california. the unrelenting heat wave is now spreading to parts of the midwest and northeast, leading the nation's power grid to declare an emergency for the 65 million people it services. chad meyers joins us live from the weather center. jeremy diamond is also here because president biden is considering taking steps to try to handle some of this. so let's begin with you. tell us, gosh, that's one big red map. tell us where the hot records

are being broken and just how out of whack with history this is. >> reporter: it feel like 107 right outside your studio right now. 109 in st. louis. where's the worst? it is bad everywhere. what else comes with this? sometimes severe thunderstorms. it does cool down in new york and d.c. with a cool front so this is only a bref heat wave unlike arizona that had 27 days above 110. this will be a three to four-day heat wave. what we've seen in july so far are numbers so far above the skew of the last 20 years that now today capearn rn $cus say the warmest on ready ro. how do they know? it is so far above anything else. like this is a tenth or a 100th degree above. this is .2 above everything else.

we have this severe weather across parts of michigan, into wisconsin. we're seeing a few storms firing up across the northeast. and a severe thunderstorm watch is already in effect here. so some of these storms will be very big today. make sure that you have your weather awareness hat on today. it could be one of those days where you get caught outside and say, i didn't know this was coming. literally off the charts. thank you so much. this poses a risk to health. i understand president biden has wrapped up a news conference talking about some steps the administration will take. >> reporter: with nearly half the u.s. population under a heat alert today, president biden reminding americans that heat is in fact the number one weather-related killer. it kills more people than floods

and hurricanes and tornadoes. that was the message from the president today. beyond the messaging he came armed with some concrete steps that his administration is taking to address the extreme temperatures. it begins with protecting workers, and particularly those who have to work outside. the department of labor will be issuing a hazard alert which offers federal related protections as it relates to high temperature for worker, and it reminds employers of those federal protections. there will be increased inspections by osha to make sure that employers, particularly in agriculture, in construction where workers are working outside, are paying attention. $7 million in additional funding to improve weather forecasting and $152 million to build out water from 42 across the country. the president the addressing this in the bigger picture. the bigger picture of climate change. >> even those who do not we're in the midst of a climate crisis can't deny the impact extreme

heat is having on americans. americans like an elderly woman in phoenix who fell out of her wheelchair. after five minutes on the ground, had third degree burns. third degree burns. i want the american people to know, help is here and we'll make it available to anyone who needs it. >> reporter: and of course, jim, that bigger picture of the climate crisis is why president biden signed into law and pushed for the inflation reduction act which has the largest ever in climate change initiatives. and certainly the heat and this extreme weather will be top of mind for the president. it feels like 107 degrees out here. i might ask for a dispensation on the suit jacket. >> it is something we have to get used to. it is in the numbers and in the data thank you so much. new polling shows a dead heat in what could be a rematch between donald trump and joe biden. ahead, we'll speak we former

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the race for 2024 according to new polling is currently a photo finish. a new poll showing president biden and heavy republican favorite donald trump are tied in a head to head match-up. this follows another poll that shows that despite trump's growing legal problems, republican voters are sticking with the former president. 69% still believe he is the strongest candidate to take on

joe biden. joining us to discuss this polling and more, former ohio congressman tim ryan. he's also the founder of the new national advocacy group, we the people 250 action fund. thanks. so for being with us. let's start with the fund. you said that you want to move on from the toxic conversation that surrounds politics. how is the fund going to help you do that? what are you hoping to do with the money you raise? >> well, we'll be the home for the exhausted majority which i think is the vast majority of the people in the country who are just really tired of the political conversation that is happening in the united states, and we want better. we're going to head toward better. we want to usher in an era of reform and responsibility and increased civic engagement and elevate the conversation. what we'll do is highlight the positive things that are happening in the country. there are so many ordinary people that are doing

extraordinary things. it gets drowned out in the national conversation. we're going to make very compelling videos. highlight what's going on in the country. we want to build the organization and all 3422 countries and begin to knit this country back together from a cultural perspective. not necessarily a political perspective. >> well, tim, respectfully, it seems there is a lot of demand for trump's style of politics. the sort of antiestablishment voice. what do you have to say to those folks? >> everybody will be welcome. let me be clear. we'll take a firm and hostile position against all antidemocratic forces in the country. we do not want to undermine the democracy. we'll do everything we can to protect this country. we're coming up on the 250th anniversary of the country. it is really a miracle that we've made it this far and we want to make sure we leave it better for our kids.

that means we have to be a little more responsible. and we can have disagreements on policy but we can't tolerate people who want to undermine the democracy. and i think most people, boris, are ready to come together. they're ready to heal. we have to move toward better. and we the people, 250 action fund will do that. people can go to we the people 250.u.s. if they want to contribute and be a part of this organization. and we want to start the healing process. i don't think people have a place to go right now. we want to give them that place for the exhausted majority. >> i think some of the polling on the republican side paints a bit of a different picture, though you have said that in order for a presidential candidate to win purple states like your home state of ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, they have to run a high-energy campaign. you have to be able to community what you've accomplished. on the democratic side, do you think president biden has been

doing that in. >> well, he will have to. that will be the recipe for success. we have in ohio, for example, i think michigan, other states, really positive things going on from the initiatives that president biden led and i supported when i was in congress. the chips bill how long the chip manufacturing. we'll have a $20 billion investment. we have auto plants, electric vehicles, batteries, a lot going on. natural gas, power plants in the eastern part of the state. a lot of positive stuff mostly tied to these initiatives so i think getting out and campaigning on those initiatives will be a recipe for success and the stability and the pro democracy piece. so there is a lot of time left. we'll see what happens. >> tim ryan, thank you for

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brave thumping header to get the american team a point out of this game. they will be glad they got the point. they might struggle when the teams get even tougher in the knockout stages. if they are struggling to score goals, but for now, they are saying give us time. there's 14 new players in this squad from the last world cup. they haven't all played together until game one of the tournament. so they are just getting things together. and overall, i think the american players were reasonably satisfied. take a listen. >> i felt the momentum the whole time. we could be disappointed in the first half, but we fixed things right away. the pressure we got on and the amount of chants that came from it. i'm proud of the team and the response. >> the american team need a result in the next game against portugal on tuesday. >> it's a tough group.

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